HARDWOOD RECORD 



19 



Michigan HardWood JManafacturers' Association. 



On Friday and Saturday, .luly \'.\ and 14. 

 thoYo was launchrd at Ottawa Hcacli, Mit-li., 

 an assDciatiun ot" the hardwood manufai-- 

 tiirers of the state of Michij^an. under most 

 favorahlo auspices. The conference that led 

 up to tliis organization has been projected for 

 several years by leading hard\vo(»d operators 

 of the state, and the meeting was base<l on 

 the following call, sent out July 2 by the 

 Hardwood Ke(X)RD at the request of a uuni- 

 ber of tlie foremost producers of tlie state : 

 The Call. 



You are cordially invited to attend a confer 

 eiu-e of hardwood manufacturers of the state of 

 Michigan al the Hotel Ottawa. Ottawa Reacli. 

 Micli.. on Friday and Saturday. .Inly ^^ an(l 

 1 4. The tirst session will be held at 10 -.'.in 

 a. m. This meeting is called for the t'oHowins 

 IMirpnses ; 



1. To promote better acquaintance among 

 hardwood lumber manufacturers of the state. 



:*. To analyze the conditions of stocks, grad- 

 ing and values <d' northern hardwoods. 



;i. To uiganize. if deemed expedient, either 

 an indepemient hardwocd manufacturers' asso- 

 ciallun of the state of Michigan, or a division 

 uf some existing hardwood manufacturers' asso- 

 ciation, for the purpose of agreeing on uniform 

 methods: for the exploitation of ^Michigan 

 liardwrMnls. thus broadening the demand there- 

 for: and \t> attempt to achieve prices commen- 



w>r ir. wiiiTi-;. bovxk city. v\ 



MICIIKJAN HAUDWOOI*' MKRS. 



KSIDENT 



ASSN. 



sm-ate with existing stmupage values an*! manii 

 factnt'ing cost. 



There will be present at this meeting several 

 hardwood lumbermen from other sections of the 

 (■nunlry. prcuninent in association work, who 

 l.;i\i' achieved great success for the industry 

 iliroimh the channels of organization, who will 

 address th(>se present. 



II is the belief of those subscribing to this call 

 that this nieetinji will result in great advantage 

 to you as individuals, as well as to the hard- 

 wood indusi ry tif the state. 



We trust you will not 4mly he present your- 

 selves, but will induce hardwood manufacturers 

 'if ycMir vicinity to join in this movement. 



Very truly yours. 

 W, II. Wurri-: ('o:mi'.vxy. Boyne City. Midi. 

 (■"ftiis iS; MirciiKi.i,, Inc.. CadilhK-." Mich. 

 Saij.im;, II.wso'n ^: Co.. GraylUig. Midi. 



I. Stki'hk.nson Co.Mi'.vxY. AVeits. Midi. 

 MiTciiKLi, IWiriTiiiius ("o.Mi'AW. < 'atlillac. Midi. 



K. <;. I'KTKRS S.\I.T iJc I.TMBKU ('(iMlUNV. Kast- 



lake. Mich. 

 Knkki.axi) liiGici.ow COMi'ANV. Bay City. Mich. 

 BiTTKits Salt & Ia'.mbick Company. Ludington, 



Mich. 



II. M. Loin's Sons Company. Au Sable. Mich. 

 Ci'MMER, DiOGiNS & Co., Cadillac. Mich. 

 Si.\tMONs Lt MBEU Company. Simmons. Mich. 

 Kast JdiuiAX Lf;MBi5B Company. Kast Jordan. 



.Mich. 



BATCMiCLoit TiMiuou CnMi'ANY. Sagiuaw, Mich. 



Stkauns Salt & I.i .mbku Co.mpany. Ludington. 

 Mich. 



<;. \'iiN ri.ATKN. Boyne City. Mich. 



IIaiklkvI'iiioli's-Bonnkli. Company. iJraiul Rap- 

 ids. .Midi. 



FRIDAY'S SESSION. 



In response to this invitatimi the following 

 named gentlemen gathered at the Motel Ottawa. 

 nitawa Beach. Mich., on l-'riday. .Inly i:! : 



Henry lallou. Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc.. Cadillac. 



C. S. B.acon. I!a<-on Lumber Company. <;rand 

 Bapids. 



li. .1. Chirk. Peninsula Bark & Lumber Cnni 

 pany. Sauli Sic. Marie. 



W. T. Christine. American Lumberman. Chi 

 tago. 



<•. Crane. C. Crane & Co.. Cincinnati. ( ». 



IL C. Crawford. Bussel Wheel .V l-'oundry Co., 

 Iietroit. 



J. R. Defebaugh. American Luiiilxruiati. Chl- 

 cgao. 



Lewis Doster. secretary Ilardwmd Maiiulac 

 lurers' Association. Chicago. 



(ieo. B. Duntnii. Thos. MacBride Lumber Com- 

 pany, (Irand Uajiids. 



T. S. lOstabrook. Kstabrook-Skede Lumber 

 Company. Chicago. 



R IL Freeman. Engadine Lumber Company. 

 lOngadine. 



Kdw. Fit'/.gei-alcL .Mitdidl B.rothers Company, 

 Cadillac. 



Theodore I-'athauer. Theodore Kathauer Com- 

 pany, ( 'hicago. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association. Chicago. 



M. J. Fox. (1. Von Platen. Boyne City. 



Wm. F. (;ustine, A. F. Anderson. Cadillac. 



Henry H. Cilisun. IIai!]>wihu> Bkoiku, Chicago. 



A. K." Cordon. IIa1£I*w. ...1. liKcttitu. Chicago. 

 W. IL Crebb*. Three States Lumber Company. 



Memphis. Tenn. 



Henry S. Idema. Grand Baplds. 



B. A. .Tohnson. American Lumberman. Chicago. 

 S. (i. McCiellan, Simmons Lumber Company. 



Simmons. 



W. W. Mitchell. Mitchell Bros. Co. and Cobbs 

 iV Mitchell. Inc.. Cadillac. 



W. L. Martin. ICmbui-y-Martin Lvirnber Com 

 pany. Cheboygan. 



Francis Marshall. P.ncon Lumber ( 'oinpany, 

 (irand Kapids. 



H. AY. Newark. <"adillac Handle Company. 

 Cadillac. 



Bruce (idcll. ('nmmer. Diggins & Company. 

 Cadillac. 



IL It. Reynolds. The Cillespie Reynolds Cfun 

 I)any, Chicago. 



W. IL Russe. Russe & Burgess, Memphis. 

 Tenn. 



Carroll F. Sweet. Fuller & Rice Lumber & 

 Manufacturing Company, ( Irand Rapids. 



R. IL Yansant, Yansant. Kitchen & Co.. Ash 

 land. Ky. 



Wm. II. \Yhite. W. IL \Yhite Company, Boyne 

 i ily. 



Chas. Wescolt. International Harvester Com 

 pany. Chicago. 



.lolin S. Weidman. Weidman. 



Agreeable to previous arrangenieiil. Williiim 

 IL White of Boyne City acted as chairman, and 

 Henry IL <;ibson of Chicago as secretary. Mr. 

 White addressed those present as follows: 



Centlemen and Brother Lumbermen : It is 

 not necessary for me to say what we are here 

 today for. In the circular which has been senl 

 you, the IlAUinvnon Rtjccuii> and the American 

 Lumberman have given the matter sufficient pub- 

 licily. 1 will read a letter written to myself: 



(Jentlemen of the Convention: This is (]uite 

 a surprise lo me and yet it is a long-looked-for 

 desire that has been fulfilled. 



I have talked over this matter with several oi" 

 our manufacturers and also with some of I hi' 

 members of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 <'iation of ihe t'nited States, hut we have always 

 been jmsbing it a year away, saying that we 

 wovild then get together and have an organiza- 

 tion of the manufacturers of Michigan, to make 

 rules for the grading of lumber, also to discuss 

 the true methods of manufacture and to ascer- 

 tain the thickness that each manufacturer 

 should cut to till the demands of the market, 

 also to keep their supply barely eipnil to the 

 demand of the market so as to stimulate prices 

 and put a just value on our product. 



We should also have uniform inspection, ant! 

 I believe, gentlemen, that the best side of lumber 

 should be considered when inspecting it as well 

 as the poor side, and the decision 1m' made 

 between the best side and the poor side. for. as 

 I understand it, ninety per cent of all hardwood 

 lumber is worked from the best side, thai is. the 

 best side will show the finish and the po<u- side 

 he blank, or in other words, not show any finish. 

 Therefore, our manufacturers ought lo get to- 



gether, work out and formulate a plan that 

 would be to the best interests of the manufac- 

 turers and stiunpagc holders of our stale, bear 

 ing in mind ihai no radical chanscs be made 

 that would attempt to work hardship on the 

 dealer or c<uisvimer. 



The manufacturer or mill man thinks he is 

 selling his lumber at a fair price, but if he 

 will sto]) {a figure up he is simply selling his 

 stumpage and getting nothing for his In vest- 

 ments in plants, risk "of marketing, nor for the 

 hard work he has (o put into mauufa<'ture and 

 working out the details in order to put the 

 stock on the market. When 1 say this I mean 

 luiiple and beech, which kinds <if lumber pre 

 druuinate in our state today, especially In cer- 

 tain localities. The market price for maple 

 toilay, 4/4 and -". 4 in thickness, is $;).uO for 

 No. 8 common, $1L<M) feu- No. '2 common. S17,00 

 lor No. 1 common and $2."!. no for firsts and 

 seconds. 



Taking a thousand feet of lumber as follows: 



.f i).oo — .'ft'J.To 



11.00— 1.7(1 



17.00— .-►.7S 



23.00 — 4.00 



;'.0''; No. ;i ccmimon ... 

 I t'l' ; No. '2 common . . . 

 '.', I' , No. 1 common . . . 

 ■J0<(, firsts and seconds. 



makes a total of 100 per cent, or the full 

 product of the log at .fl4.S4 per M for No. 'A 

 4-ommon and better, and the manufa<turer, with- 

 out stopping to fijiure. will think he Is pelting 

 ¥18.00 or if;U).oo per M for bis log run. accord- 

 ing to the grade of logs he is cutting into 

 lumber, but when you figure that you luily get 

 70'7r of No. 2 common and better out of the log 

 and ;iOTc No. 'A common, you yei Ihe following 

 re.sull : Take 70% at :i;i!(,00 and ;{0';; at $I».oo 

 and it will give you the price you receive per 

 M for your maple, namely. $llj.00 ; or you can 



W. W. MITCHKLL. ('ADILLAC, FIRST Y. V. 

 MKHICAN HARDWOOD MFRS. ASSN, 



figure your maple stumpage at $4.00 per M, if 

 v<)U please ( I have known seme cases where it 

 has sold for $0,00. logging $4.00. sawing $3.00. 

 freight $1.7.'). interest and taxes $LoO and 

 general expense $1.00. making a total of $14.75 

 per M cost. 



Now, where is the use of taking the chances, 

 risk, work and worry to manufacture the stock 

 when you can sell your stumpage by simply 

 offering it and have no worry nor trouble of 

 details".' So you can readily see that maple 

 lumber is not bringing the price today thai it 

 should bring compared with other woods, and 

 compared with what it is worth according to 

 the value of the material. Further, we are 

 evil ling our lumber lin) thick. Hemlock and 

 pine is cut !.'» 10 for inch: 1 Ts for 2 inch. 

 .Maple is cut 1 L liv f<ir inch, and 'J's f"r 2 

 inch, and 1 see no good reason why maple should 

 be cut any thicker than other woods if Hie trade 

 were educated up to it. 



Maple flo(u-ing today is worked to LI H», sn 

 you st;e lumher^cut l."(/l(i would dry and dress 

 to this thickness without any trouble. 



lieech lumber is suffering still more, and I 

 could make you a more startling statement on 

 that than <ui maple. The only men making 

 money iiit of handling lumber today is the 

 (baler and commission man. The manufacturer 

 is simply selling his stumpage. 



We should establish an insjieclion biu'eau. 

 make plans for a c<trps of inspectors and work 



